While nothing is confirmed, rumors of Gladiator II star Paul Mescal playing Paul McCartney in the upcoming Beatles biopics from Sam Mendes have surfaced. During an interview with Mescal about Gladiator II, I asked him what he would ask McCartney if he met him in preparation for playing him in the biopics.

"When we came, it was quite shortly after Kennedy being assassinated," Paul McCartney says in the trailer, released Thursday. "Maybe America needed something like The Beatles to be lifted out of sorrow." McCartney and Ringo Starr are among the documentary's producers, while David Tedeschi serves as director.

Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney recall US Beatlemania in documentary trailer - Beatles ’64 will feature never-before-seen footage of the band as well as capturing the camaraderie of the Fab Four.

Paul McCartney plays the opening song from the Beatles' first album on the Got Back Tour. Surprisingly, one of the Beatles ' most iconic songs is not often played by Paul McCartney on his Got Back Tour.

All that changed when the band made Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Find out why the creation of that album was so freeing, below.

Martin Scorsese-produced film, featuring newly discovered Maysles brothers footage and new interviews with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, out Nov. 29

Martin Scorsese is expanding his music documentary empire to include The Beatles. Disney+ feature "Beatles '64" is directed by David Tedeschi, with Scorsese producing. The film centers on the iconic British band's first visit to America,